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Smacka @smacka1977.bsky.social · 2d

How the fuck do people vote for these evil inbred science denying corrupt lying cunts in the LNP?

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 2d

Crisafulli government's energy roadblock released. Coal to burn indefinitely in Queensland. A $400m investment fund with support for more than 1 GW of new gas generation. Renewable energy target repeal bill by December. National targets will be impacted. #qldpol reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-l...

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Widdowcat @widdow.bsky.social · 2d

Take note Queensland LNP. #auspol

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 3d

Almost a year after being elected the Crisafulli govt releases something on energy. Keeping Qld's coal-fired power stations burning; scrapped now is the 2035 EOL target but abolition of legislated renewable energy targets yet to face parliament. #qldpol
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Coal to stay in Queensland for decades, government says

Queensland's energy minister will today unveil a long-awaited road map outlining the state's future energy needs and is expected to announce a $400 million investment fund.

www.abc.net.au

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Widdowcat @widdow.bsky.social · 2d

Once again proves they have no idea. FFS. Only extending their own working lives with fossil fuel companies, once they get thrown out of Govt.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 3d

A problem in Qld either side of the election has been a narrow focus on issues such as the "youth crime crisis" slogan which pushed any debate on things like the environment out of sight. Now all resources are being propelled into the Crisafulli Colosseum. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Queensland government called out for 'not taking environment seriously'

The Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) has called out the LNP government for "not taking the environment seriously" with the number of flora and fauna species under threat on the rise.

www.abc.net.au

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John Quiggin @johnquiggin.bsky.social · 5d

Yet again a failure of quasi-NGO university education for which minister Clare takes no responsibility

Careers in limbo after graduates discover university courses were never accredited

Students have been left with HECS debts and careers that are "non-existent" after completing degrees that were not accredited. Class actions have been launched against two Australian universities.

www.abc.net.au

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 10d

Jarrod Bleijie boldly declared in June that there wouldn't be any CFMEU workers on the Crisafulli Colosseum. In today's ABC interview he's backed down on that for Games construction. As legal experts pointed out when Peter Dutton made a similar pledge it's likely illegal. #qldpol

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 10d

The Coalition has always struggled to understand the difference between baseload power & firming. Dan Tehan has just returned from a "fact-finding" tour of the US & he's none the wiser. He holds Wannon on a 3.8% margin & is still pushing nuclear. #auspol reneweconomy.com.au?p=237347

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bradpsychology @bradpsychology.bsky.social · 11d

Are we supposed to be happy there are still 28% of companies paying no tax in Australia?
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The number of large companies paying no tax in Australia has declined, says ATO

The proportion of large companies in Australia that paid no tax in the most recent income year has declined from 36 per cent to 28 per cent over the past 11 years.

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Debbie Northway 🇦🇺🦘🐨 @debbienorthway.bsky.social · 11d

LNP corruption continues

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Tim Thomas @timofnewbury.bsky.social · 13d

5 4 3 2 1 - Thunderbirds is 60
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Thunderbirds remembered on 60th anniversary of first TV series

Gerry and Sylvia Anderson co-created the hit science-fiction puppet series, which ran from 1965.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 14d

The biggest gold heist in history? Duncan Graham checks out latest revelations re Americans ripping off Indonesians on humongous Grasberg gold mine
#freeport
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Grifting Grasberg. The great Indonesian gold-mining 'mismatch' - Michael West

Indonesians deprived of billions of dollars in royalties by US mining giant for decades, claims author 'monitored' by Indo government.

michaelwest.com.au

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The Shovel @theshovel.bsky.social · 17d

Friends and family said it was out of character for her to go anywhere without the best part of two kilograms of water. “It must have just been a tragic mistake,” one friend said.

theshovel.com.au/2023/08/30/d...

Darlinghurst Woman Dies After Leaving Home Without 1.8L Bottle of Water — The Shovel

A twenty-eight-year-old Sydney woman has died after going eleven minutes without water.

theshovel.com.au

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Rohan Connolly @rohanconnolly65.bsky.social · 18d

Injuries haven't been kind to Geelong speedster Max Holmes in the penultimate game of the season. But having survived last Friday night's win over the Hawks, he finally gets a shot at a flag, reports Rohan Connolly on FOOTYOLOGY. #AFLCatsLions #AFLGF

Max Holmes: Cats speedster gets his grand chance | Footyology

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Robyn D @koparafallskid.bsky.social · 20d

JFC! This is absolutely disgusting! Atrocious! 🤬🤬🤬🤬 Get religion out of public hospitals. #auspol

The public hospital patients who ended up paying abortion clinics for miscarriage care

Qld women denied chosen miscarriage care say it's like something from the US

Brisbane women have told the ABC they paid an abortion clinic for their chosen miscarriage care rather than getting it at their large public hospital.

www.abc.net.au

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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 20d

“Every day I walk into the FDA they tell me that if my hand is bigger than my face, I’ll get cancer. Then I check and somehow my hand hits my face, distracting me from knowing if I will get cancer.” chaser.com.au/world/rfk-jr...

Photoshopped image of RFK Jr staring at his hands outside the FDA. Headline: RFK Jr vows to make all American hands smaller than their faces to avoid cancer risk

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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 21d

"Labor can pretend it is “following the science” (it’s not – if it were, it would stop new coal and gas projects) ... because the Coalition is stuck somewhere in 2012 pretending beta-Tony Abbott politics is all it needs to get back in,"

– @amyremeikis.bsky.social in @thenewdaily.bsky.social ⤵️

Coalition dearly loves a 'cruel hoax' – now it has become one

Pretending the Coalition matters, or its criticisms are worth anything, allows Labor to get away even less. That is the cruellest hoax.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 20d

Australia's national interest is better served by Albo not getting a meeting with Trump.

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Anthony Klan @anthonyklan.bsky.social · 21d

The sort of company that appoints a "seriously corrupt" politician is the sort of company that will have rolling disasters and mass governance and ethical failures. Pretty simple. (ICYMI:)
theklaxon.com.au/optus-boss-r...

Optus boss remains "seriously corrupt”

Former NSW Premier and Optus senior executive Gladys Berejiklian has lost her bid to overturn findings of serious corrupt conduct.

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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 21d

Crisafulli government dissolving state owned Yurika which employs 500 people. Unions describe it as the latest attack on the renewables industry in Queensland. #qldpol reneweconomy.com.au/queensland-t...

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Widdowcat @widdow.bsky.social · 20d

FFS

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marque lawyers @marquelawyers.com.au · 20d

Disney cancelled Jimmy Kimmel because it considered that was best for its bottom line, and it reinstated Jimmy Kimmel because it considered that was best for its bottom line. Neither decision engaged any legal, moral or ethical principle - just the principle of profit.

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Peter Murphy @peterwmurphy1.bsky.social · 23d

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley needs to stop Liberal Leader Sussan Ley from holding press conferences bc Liberal Leader Sussan Ley is causing lots of problems for Opposition Leader Sussan Ley. 😏 #auspol #emissions #targets #NetZero

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Widdowcat @widdow.bsky.social · 22d

Very happy about that